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FUJIFILM Europe has announced the establishment of a new subsidiary – FUJIFILM Europe Business Service Ltd. z o.o. (FEBS), in Gdansk, Poland. From 1 September 2016, FEBS will carry out the activities and operational processes for FUJIFILM in Europe, mainly in the areas of finance, procurement and human resources within the European Shared Services Centre.

FEBS will support FUJIFILM Europe’s strategy to further standardize, harmonize and continuously improve best practices within its operations. Combining these activities in a single location in a highly professional and stimulating environment will support innovation for Fujifilm’s internal processes and contribute to overall cost optimization and improved customer satisfaction.

Go Miyazaki, Managing Director of FUJIFILM Europe, said: “We chose Gdansk because it created a very attractive and professional business environment for related shared services along with a secure base for highly qualified staff. The new operations center will strengthen our overall performance in Europe and support our continued growth.”

FUJIFILM is located in the Olivia Business Centre complex.

About FUJIFILM Europe Business Service Sp. Ltd.

Company Description: Fujifilm Group Shared Services in Europe

Registered share capital: PLN 2,652,900 (approximately EUR 600,000)

Location: Gdansk, Poland

Managing Director: Hideru Sato

Number of employees: 30

 

About FUJIFILM Corporation

FUJIFILM Corporation is one of the major operating companies of FUJIFILM Holding. Since its founding in 1934, the company has developed a number of advanced technologies in the field of photographic imaging. In line with the company’s ambition to become a comprehensive healthcare organization, Fujifilm is now applying these technologies for prevention, diagnosis and treatment in the medical industry and research. Fujifilm is increasing its investment in the development of highly functional materials, including materials for flat panel displays, graphics systems and optical devices. For more information, please visit our website: www.fujifilm.com.

 

About Fujifilm in Europe

Fujifilm companies operate in more than 45 countries in Europe and employ approximately 4,500 people in the areas of research and development, manufacturing, sales and services. In Europe, they serve a wide range of business areas, including medical, chemical, graphics, electronic materials, optical, recording media and photographic technology. FUJIFILM Europe GmbH (Duesseldorf, Germany) acts as the strategic headquarters of the region and supports the group’s companies in Europe with marketing and corporate strategies. For more information, please visit: www.fujifilm.eu.

 

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Email: news@fujifilm.eu

The time and ease of getting to work is one of the most important things that determine employee satisfaction. Therefore, Olivia Business Centre is investing in further facilitation of access to office buildings in the business district in Gdańsk Oliwa. Infrastructure for cyclists and a car-sharing service are being developed. From 16 August, Olivia Business Centre can also be reached from Grunwaldzka Avenue via a new intersection.

 

It’s worth living in Oliwa

The Oliwa district of Gdańsk is very important for the economic development of the entire Tri-City. The Campus of the University of Gdansk, modern office buildings employing thousands of people, shopping malls and many newly built apartments are located here. The district is very well connected. Oliwa can be reached by SKM (Fast Urban Railway – an above-ground metro connecting the cities of the Tri-City agglomeration), PKM (Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway), tram or bus. If you are travelling by car, you will be able to use al. Grunwaldzka, the main thoroughfare of the Tri-City.

“Living in the city centre has many advantages. Such a location is particularly popular among young people who want easy access not only to work, but also to the cinema or shopping. Over the last year, the prices of flats in Oliwa alone have increased by an average of 2.5%. We expect that the upward trend will continue in the coming years, mainly due to the proximity to the expanding office centres and the Campus of the University of Gdańsk. Apartments in this area are often bought for investment purposes, i.e. for rent. This has been noticed by various developers who are building thousands of apartments in Oliwa and in the neighbouring districts – says property appraiser Krzysztof Płachta.

The area on which Olivia Business Centre is located is the best-connected plot in Oliwa. After all, comfortable access was one of the reasons why the famous Olivia Hall was built in this place. According to a report prepared for the British Council for Employees (BCO)[1] by the international consulting firm Savills, the time it takes to get to the place of employment has a great impact on employee satisfaction with their work. More than 50% of all people surveyed, including 65% of 25-34 year olds, cited the city centre as the best place to work.

Two or four wheels? Eco-friendly commuting

According to a report prepared for the British Council for Employees (BCO) by the international consulting firm Savills, the time it takes to get to the place of employment has a great impact on employee satisfaction with their job. More than 50% of all people surveyed, including 65% of 25-34 year olds, cited the city centre as the best place to work.

The advantage of working in the city centre is the short commute time to the office, which, according to a report for BCO, turned out to be the most important for as many as 86% of respondents. Therefore, the bicycle is increasingly chosen as a means of transport. This method is used by more and more people out of the total of several hundred thousand inhabitants of Oliwa and the surrounding districts: Wrzeszcz, Zaspa, Przymorze, Jelitkowo or Morena.

– Being able to commute to work by bike is a great comfort. Traveling by bike means better health, saving money and often time. Cyclists benefit from an impressive and constantly expanding infrastructure in our centre. In Olivia Business Centre there are approx. 500 parking spaces for cyclists and 5 large changing rooms, each with showers. We also regularly increase the number of lockers and bicycle racks in underground car parks. For those who choose two wheels instead of four, there are surprises waiting for them, such as fresh apples in the locker room. However, this is not the end, as we are planning further actions in this area – says Wojciech Walania, President of the Management Board of Olivia Serwis, the company responsible for the management of Olivia Business Centre.

Carsharing , on the other hand, is a short-term rental of passenger cars. This solution is attractive for people who use the vehicle occasionally. The car-sharing service in the centre is being introduced by Enspirion sp. z o.o. (ENERGA Group) together with Olivia Business Centre. All available cars will be eco-friendly electric cars. In August 2016, a two-day, publicly accessible test drive was held. The service is scheduled to be introduced later this year. What’s more, Olivia Business Centre is home to one of several electric car charging points in the Tri-City.

 

 

Shorter journey to Olivia Business Centre

In August 2016, a new intersection on Grunwaldzka Avenue was put into use. Two lanes lead directly towards Sopot and Gdynia.

– This is another investment of Olivia Business Centre in the development of local infrastructure. In December 2014, we built a U-turn lane on al. Grunwaldzka Street in the direction of Wrzeszcz, which significantly improved communication in Oliwa by improving the flow of traffic at the intersection with ul. Derdowski. We want the traffic around Olivia Business Centre to run smoothly and safely. The new intersection will reduce the time it takes to get to and from the city centre – adds Wojciech Walania.

 

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About Olivia Business Centre

Over 110 companies work in Olivia Business Centre, including m.in Allianz, Amazon, Bayer, Energa, Epam, Generali, Hays, PwC, Sii, T-Mobile and thyssenkrupp, as well as the Pomerania Development Agency. Olivia Business Centre has also prepared an offer for small and medium-sized enterprises, non-governmental organisations and start-ups. The centre has been expanding steadily since 2010 at the rate of one building per year. In June 2016, the cornerstone for the Olivia Star skyscraper was ceremoniously laid.

Everything in place

From the very beginning, one of the main assumptions of Olivia Business Centre in Gdańsk Oliwa was multifunctionality. The centre’s team takes care of the work-life balance of all those who work here: the 3 conference centres available on site regularly organise business, educational, cultural and sporting events.

There are already 6 operators in Olivia Business Centre: Starbucks, Gorąco Polecam Nowakowski, Lobster Restaurant (fresh lobsters and shrimps, m.in.), Koku Sushi, Five Restaurant and One Minute shop.

 

Health and Beauty is a Medicover medical centre with a pharmacy, a P. Roccialli beauty salon, a two-storey CityFit fitness club and an exclusive Cafardini tailor salon.

The children are the White Kitten Kindergarten and the Thinking Zone Junior High School.

Accounting and financial services include 4 banks (PKO Bank Polish, Noble Bank, Alior Bank, Idea Bank), Tax Care, Open Finance, as well as 2 ATMs.

Other services offered by Olivia Business Centre include the Energa Salon (BOK), the Talent Development Centre (a branch of the Labour Office), a notary, a laundry, a parcel locker, and even a car wash with the option of leaving the car in any parking lot and the keys at the reception desk of any building.

[1] Crowd. “The UK Council for Offices”

The time and ease of commuting to work is the most important aspect of employees’ satisfaction with their place of work. The Olivia Business Centre has been investing in facilitating access to its office buildings in the business district of Gdańsk Oliwa. Additionally, infrastructure for cyclists and carsharing services are being developed. Since 16 August the Olivia Business Centre can be reached from al. Grunwaldzka over a new junction.

It’s good to live in Gdańsk Oliwa

Oliwa is one of the most important districts of the Tricity for the development of the metropolis. The Gdańsk University Campus, shopping centres and lots of newly built apartments. The district is also well communicated. One can reach Oliwa using SKM (Fast City Train, which is Tricity’s overgrund metro), PKM (Pomeranian Metropolitan Train), tram, bus. Is you use a car you will use the Tricity’s main highway: Grunwaldzka Avenue.

– “Living in the city centre has many advantages. The location is specifically popular among young people who are interested in easy commuting not only to work but also in easy access, e.g. to cinemas and shopping centres. Last year the prices of apartments in Oliwa grew by about 2.5%. We anticipate the upward trend to continue in the years to come, primarily due to the proximity of the developing office centres and the Gdańsk University Campus. Apartments in the area are often bought for investment purposes that is for rental. This has been noticed by various developers who have been building thousands of apartments in Oliwa and the adjacent districts,” says Krzysztof Płachta, property appraiser.

The site where the Olivia Business Centre is located is the best communicated site in Oliwa. Comfortable access is one of the reasons why the famous Hala Olivia is there. As can be found in a report made for the British Council for Offices (BCO) by the international consulting company Savills, the commuting time to the place of work does have impact on employees’ satisfaction with their work. Over 50% of the questioned people, of which 65% are people aged 25-34, referred to the city centre as the best place to work.

Two or four wheels? Ecological access to work

Working in the centre has the advantage of a short commuting time to the offices, which, according to the report for BCO, proved to be the most important aspect for as many as 86% of the respondents. Thus, bicycle has become an increasingly popular mode of transportation. Bicycles are used by more and more from a few hundred thousand people who live in Oliwa and nearby districts of Wrzeszcz, Zaspa, Przymorze, Jelitkowo or Morena.

“The possibility to come to work by bike is very comfortable. Travelling by bike means better health, money savings and usually time savings. At our centre, cyclists have access to the impressive infrastructure that keeps being developed. At the Olivia Business Centre there are almost 500 parking spaces for bicycles and 5 change rooms with showers. We have been regularly increasing the number of cabinets and bicycle stands in underground garages. Persons who choose two wheels instead of four are in for surprises, such as fresh apples in the change room. This is not the end, we plan further actions”, says Wojciech Walania, President of the Management Board of Olivia Serwis, the company responsible for managing the Olivia Business Centre.

On the other hand, we have carsharing, which is a short-term rental of passenger cars. This is an attractive solution for those who drive only occasionally. The carsharing service at the centre will be managed by Enspirion sp. z o.o. (ENERGA Group) jointly with the Olivia Business Centre. The available cars will be ecological electric vehicles. In August 2016 there were two-day generally accessible trial rides. The service is to be launched this year. What is more, in Olivia Business Centre there is one of a few electric cars charging points in Tricity.

 

 

 

 

Shorter travel to the Olivia Business Centre

In August 2016, a new junction in aleja Grunwaldzka was commissioned. Two lanes go directly towards Sopot and Gdynia.

“This is another investment by the Olivia Business Centre in expanding the local infrastructure. In December 2014 we built a u-turn lane in al. Grunwaldzka in the direction of Wrzeszcz which much improved communication in Oliwa by improving the flow of traffic at the junction with ul. Derdowski. We want the traffic in the neighbourhood of the Olivia Business Centre to be efficient and safe. The new junction will shorten the commuting time to and from the centre”, adds Wojciech Walania.

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About Olivia Business Centre

There are over 110 companies at the Olivia Business Centre, including for instance: Allianz, Alior Bank, Amazon, Bayer, Energa, Epam, Generali, Hays, Medicover, Noble Bank, PKO Bank Polish, PwC, Sii, T-Mobile or thyssenkrupp, as well as the Pomerania Development Agency. The Olivia Business Centre has also developed an offer for small and medium enterprises, NGOs and start-ups. The centre has been growing regularly since 2010, adding one building annually. In June 2016, a corner stone was laid ceremoniously for a high-rise building Olivia Star.

All in one place

One of the core assumptions underlying the idea of the Olivia Business Centre in Gdańsk Oliwa has always been its multi-functional character. The Olivia Business Centre team has been endeavouring to assure balance between work and private life for all people working in the centre; there are regular business, educational, cultural and sports events.

All in one place

One of the most important things about Olivia Business Centre from the very beginning has been multifunctionality. Business, educational, cultural and sports events take place regularly there.

Gastronomy in Olivia Business Centre are Starbucks, a bakery, Lobster Restaurant (with fresh lobsters and shrimps), Koku Sushi, Five Restaurant and One Minute shop.

Health and beauty services are medical centre with pharmacy Medicover, beauty saloon P. Roccialli, two-storey fitness club CityFit and exclusive tailor Cafardini.

 

Children are being taken care of in White Kitten kindergarten and Thinking Zone secondary school.

Financial and tax services include 4 banks (PKO Bank Polish, Noble Bank, Alior Bank, Idea Bank), Tax Care, Open Finance and two ATM’s.

What is more, in Olivia Business Centre one can find Talent Development Centre, Energa retail shop, a notary, HR companies, a laundry, even a car wash and many more.

We cordially invite you to the next training and regatta of the Olivia Business Centre Sailing Group. Both beginners and advanced riders will have a lot of fun and an unforgettable adventure.

The next training will take place on September 28 at 4.00 p.m., at the National Sailing Centre, Górki Zachodnie, Gdańsk. Applications and information are available at zeglarstwo@oliviacentre.com

Welcome!

This Wednesday (i.e. 28 September) at 9 a.m. in the O4 space, the Startup Sauna will take place. During the all-day session, there will be presentations of ideas and individual meetings with representatives of global businesses. The author of the best presentation receives a free ticket to this year’s edition of SLUSH.

Startup Sauna is a leading accelerator in Northern Europe, created to support the most promising start-ups in developing optimal business models. One of the most important activities of the Finns is a tour of Europe, during which they meet and select local startups for their program, who meet international mentors and receive reliable feedback on the presented idea. During the all-day session, there are both presentations of ideas and individual meetings with representatives of global businesses. The author of the best presentation of the day receives a free ticket to this year’s edition of SLUSH.

A year ago, they came to Gdańsk for the first time (at that time, m.in. Peter Vesterbacka from Rovio, the creator of the cult game “Angry Birds”, was among the coaches. They left with a great impression of the quality of Tri-City startups and with the promise of returning. Now they are keeping their word.

“The return of Startup Sauna to Gdańsk is mainly due to the quality of our market. Their first visit was a great success for our entire community. The gentlemen left impressed. I believe that this year’s edition will be even better.” – says Marta Moksa from O4. Ania Tylikowska from the Startup Zone from PPNT Gdynia adds: “It’s great that we managed to persuade the representatives of the Sauna to come a day earlier and have a day-long workshop preparing for the finale. We will also be happy to host them at our place and show them the most interesting places related to the Tri-City startup ecosystem.”. And Magdalena Strzelczyk from GPNT is glad that the action will be intercity: “We will host a day of workshops devoted to the substantive content of the presentation. We will be supported by companies that have managed to obtain funding and have learned a lot from it. We are glad to be a part of the whole event.” The organizers did not forget about the opportunity for networking: “At the end of the event, we have planned time for informal conversations and establishing valuable business contacts at Clipster,” says Anna Wylężek from Starter.

Among the confirmed mentors of this year’s edition are m.in. Mike Bradshaw, an industry expert associated m.in. Finnish investors: Juha Ruohonen, Torsti Tenhunen, Maciej Grabski – investor and head of Olivia Business Centre and Alina Prawdzik – investor with experience in introducing eBay in Europe.

Out of these fifteen, five startups will get the chance to meet “one-on-one” with each of the coaches. The others will have a chance to talk to each of them together.

The event is organized jointly by the entire Tri-City startup community, i.e. O4, STARTER, Gdańsk Science and Technology Park, Business Link Tricity, Clipster and Pomeranian Science and Technology Park Gdynia.

Startup Sauna is an accelerator operating at Aalto University (Helsinki), run by the Startup Sauna Foundation, which organizes SLUSH, the world’s largest startup event. As part of its activities, the Finnish accelerator has already helped more than 150 young entrepreneurs, who have managed to raise a total of $43 million in funding.

More information on the Startup Sauna website.

We cordially invite you!

We would like to invite Pomeranian entrepreneurs to participate in the conference inaugurating the “Pomeranian Export Broker” project, which will take place on 12 October 2016. in the Pomeranian Science and Technology Park in Gdynia, at 09:00-14:30.

The aim of the conference is to present to companies from the SME sector the possibility of obtaining support for the development of export activities as part of the “Pomeranian Export Broker” project implemented by the Pomerania Development Agency in cooperation with partners: the Pomeranian Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Free Enterprise Association (Regional Branch in Gdańsk), the STARTER Incubator, INVESTGDA and the Pomeranian Science and Technology Park. The invited experts will also share their knowledge on current trends and directions of export development.

The conference will begin with a speech by the Chief Economist of COFACE – Grzegorz Sielewicz. The lecture will refer to the subject of trends and prospects for the development of major world economies. The analysis of the key export directions of Polish companies, taking into account the specificity and potential of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, will be continued by Dionizy Smoleń, Director of PWC Poland, while the issues of internationalization in the development of companies and the region will be discussed by Krzysztof Burkot, also from PwC Poland. A block devoted to information and knowledge about The event will end with a discussion panel, in which five representatives of Pomeranian companies will share their experiences in starting and running export activities and acquiring contractors. The panel will be moderated by business journalist Piotr Świąc.

In the second part of the conference, a presentation of the “Pomeranian Export Broker” project is planned – a comprehensive system of support for the international expansion of Pomeranian companies. Representatives of regional business environment institutions will present the services and assumptions of the project addressed both to companies that have not yet undertaken export activities or are novice exporters, as well as to companies planning to develop their export activities.

More information and application forms are available on the website of the Pomerania Development Agency.

Poland Business Run is not only another running event, it is above all the largest CSR and charity action in Poland. This year, Gdańsk joins 6 cities that will help the beneficiaries of Jasiek Mela’s “Beyond Horizons” Foundation on 4 September. Olivia Business Centre and Coworking O4 are partners of the entire event.

Gdańsk Business Run is the local edition of the largest charity run Poland Business Run, integrating primarily business environments simultaneously in seven cities in Poland. On the same day, at the same time, more than 20,000 runners will run in a relay race for the benefit of the beneficiaries of Jasiek Mela’s Beyond Horizons Foundation, which helps amputees on a daily basis. Each team consists of 5 members. Each of them has a distance of approx. 4 km. The races take place in the centres of Kraków, Poznań, Warsaw, Wrocław, Katowice, Łódź and Gdańsk. Since 2012, Poland Business Run has already helped 60 pupils.

The Gdańsk beneficiary is Mateusz Pędziwiatr. He is 23 years old and studies power engineering at the Gdańsk University of Technology. Four years ago, on his way home, he was hit by a train. As a result of this accident, Mateusz lost an arm and a leg. He is interested in music and cars, he also loves to travel and visit new places. Before the accident, the young man was very active in sports. She still works out at the gym, but it’s not always easy. Matthew has a mismatched prosthesis that causes pain and abrasions. The “new leg” will allow him to return to an active life and make his dreams come true.

Throughout the registration period, i.e. until 4 September, the competition for all runners is active on the Huntly gamification platform available in the App Store and Google Play. The contest combines a challenge in the online world, which involves solving tasks in the app, and in reality. An example of this is a city game on a long weekend in August, during which players will have points waiting for them on the running paths of Reagan Park. Teams earn points, compete with each other for the best places and prizes, and spread knowledge about Gdańsk Business Run. The three teams that achieve the best result in the competition will win vouchers to the Runner’s Shop, dietary consultations at the Efyra Dietetics and Training Centre and training care from AWFiS Gdańsk specialists. In order to participate in the game, you need to register your team for Gdańsk Business Run and download the free Huntly mobile application (www.huntlyapp.com/download).

The Gdańsk Business Run is open to all persons who register a five-person team via the online application form available on the Gdańsk Business Run website. The entry fee for the entire team is PLN 307.50.

We cordially invite you to participate!

What does a beach on a Vistula bank, the real estate sector and help to children taken care of by the Children’s Memorial Health Institute, have in common? As it turns out – a lot. On 4 August 2016 the seventh Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament of the Commercial Property Sector was held – the Olivia Business Centre was honoured to be a partner of the event.

This year, another record was broken. As much as PLN 360,100 was collected for the Children’s Memorial Health Institute. The funds were acquired from registration of teams, auctions of objects offered by sponsors and individual contribution; the funds will be used to buy two commercial vehicles to transport blood and medical products. And this is by far the most important news.

Tomasz Trzósło, Managing Director, JLL Poland, comments: “360,100 PLN is an all-time record and a result of which we can all be proud. Since 2010, we have collected in total 1,180,000 PLN which has been donated to different foundations. We would like to thank all the companies, partners, sponsors as well as auction participants for their generosity, openness and co-operation over the years. Furthermore, we would also like to thank the volleyball teams for their sportsmanship and their fight to the last. This is a great success for the whole industry. Hope to see you next year at the Tournament’s 8^th edition”.

However, the scale of the event organised by JLL was most impressive. There were 44 teams that participated in the tournament with overall 308 players; there were about 1500 persons involved in the entire event. The players were struggling on five courts for almost 9 hours – sometimes in drizzle, sometimes in blazing sun. As many as 104 played games resulted in finding the winner – the representation of Panattoni Europe.

Additionally, there is a most pleasant factor which is the atmosphere of the event that it is hard to present with photos or description. This is a unique combination of healthy sports rivalry and an opportunity to integrate representatives of the entire sector. Spectacular, sacrificing actions on the courts of which even professionals could be proud, took place at the same time as animations in playgrounds for children. This is an event that combines a good healthy life style, recreation in fresh air, business networking and constitutes real help in achieving the good cause. This is a tournament that not only releases the fire of sports rivalry, but also could well up eyes of more sensitive people with tears when the symbolic cheque was handed over to the representatives of the Foundation.

The Olivia Business Centre was honoured with being a Partner of this year’s edition of the tournament and a sponsor of prizes for the winning team.

 

See photos from the event below and on the fanpage Olivia Business Centre. And so the game
looked in motion…

That indeed was an ace of the Panattoni Europe team 🙂

 

The sacrifice of some players during games had no limits.

 

All of that was in the spirit of fair play and sports rivalry

 

The players who were involved in a game, could regenerate or… produce additional money on bicycles. Each kilometre covered was worth one zloty.

 

The winning team of the 7^th Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament of the Commercial Property Sector – Panattoni Europe. Tomasz Trzósło, Managing Director of JLL in Poland, on the left, Mirosław Wachowiak, Vice-President of The Polish Volleyball Federation, to his right. On the right – Jake Jephcott, Business Development Director at the Olivia Business Centre.

 

Handing over gifts and handshakes with the winning team from the Olivia Business Centre. In the photo, congratulations are passed by Karol Jakubcewicz from the marketing department of the Olivia Business Centre.

 

There was also a triumphal spill of champagne. The team and the viewers bathed in champagne alike 🙂

 

The cheque for PLN 360,100 was handed over by Tomasz Trzósło and Mirosław Wachowiak to Elżbieta Golińska – Member of the Management Board of the Society of Friends of the Children’s Memorial Health Institute; Krystyna Ławicka – Deputy President of the Society of Friends of the Children’s Memorial Health Institute and Małgorzata Syczewska, Director of the Children’s Memorial Health Institute.

 

After the auction and the handover of the collected funds, the feast lasted until dawn 🙂

 

See you next year, at the eighth edition of the tournament!

What do the Vistula beach, the real estate industry and helping children under the care of the Children’s Memorial Health Institute have in common? A lot, it turns out. On 4 August 2016, for the seventh time, the Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament of the Commercial Real Estate Industry was held, of which Olivia Business Centre had the honour to be a partner.

This year, another record was set. As much as PLN 360,100 was collected for the Children’s Memorial Health Institute. The funds were raised from team registrations, auctions of items from sponsors and individual donations and will be used to purchase two vans for transporting blood and medicines. And that’s certainly the most important piece of information.

However, the most impressive is the scale of the entire event organized by JLL Poland. 44 teams took part in the competition, with a total of 308 players, and in the whole event – approx. 1500 people. The players struggled on five pitches for almost 9 hours – once in a light rain, once in the scorching sun. As many as 104 matches were played to determine the winners – the Panattoni Europe team.

There is also the most pleasant factor, i.e. the atmosphere of the whole event, which could hardly be conveyed by any photos or descriptions. It is a unique combination of healthy sports competition and an opportunity for integration for representatives of the entire industry. Spectacular, dedicated actions on the pitch, which would not be ashamed of professionals, take place simultaneously with animations in the children’s play garden. It is an event that combines a healthy, sporty lifestyle, outdoor recreation, establishing business relationships and is a real help in achieving a noble goal. It is a tournament that not only unleashes the fire of sports rivalry, but also could cause the more sensitive ones to shed a tear while handing over a symbolic cheque to the representatives of the Foundation.

Olivia Business Centre had the honour to be a partner of this year’s edition of the tournament, and at the same time a sponsor of prizes for the winning team.

 

See photos from the event below and on the Olivia Business Centre fanpage. And this is how the games looked in motion…

It was certainly a service ace for the Panattoni Europe 🙂 team

 

The sacrifice of some players during the game knew no bounds.

 

And all this in the spirit of fair play and sportsmanship!

 

Players who were not playing at the moment could regenerate or… wring out a few extra zlotys on the bike. Every kilometer traveled was worth a zloty.

 

Winning Team 7. Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Commercial Real Estate Industry – Panattoni Europe. On the left, Tomasz Trzósło, Managing Director of JLL in Poland, and on the right – Mirosław Wachowiak, Vice-President of the Polish Volleyball Association, the honorary patron of the tournament. On the right: Jake Jephcott, Business Development Director at Olivia Business Centre

 

Giving gifts and handshakes for the winning team from Olivia Business Centre. In the photo, Karol Jakubcewicz from the marketing department of Olivia Business Centre congratulates us.

 

There was also a triumphant pouring of champagne. Both the team and the spectators bathed in it:)

 

A cheque for PLN 360,100 was collected by Elżbieta Golińska – Member of the Board of the Society of Friends of the Children’s Memorial Health Center Foundation; Krystyna Ławicka – Vice-President of the Children’s Memorial Health Institute and Małgorzata Syczewska, Director of the Children’s Memorial Health Institute.

 

After the auction and the transfer of the collected funds, it was time to party until dawn 🙂

 

See you next year, during the next, eighth edition of the tournament!

KOKU Sushi, located in Olivia Gate B, was created for guests who are looking for new culinary experiences and original combinations of flavors. A cozy interior decorated in the harmony of colors characteristic of the country of cherry blossoms will allow you to have a good time. We invite all sushi lovers for fresh and large portions of new products! The restaurant’s offer includes such items as: dim sum dumplings with shrimps, futomaki with octopus tentacle or ramen soup. The menu also includes summer fruit items: a milk cocktail with mango, uromak, shrimp with fruit and many others.

From Monday to Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., lunch sets are offered for PLN 19.90. In addition, every Wednesday students, pensioners will receive a 20% discount, and on Sundays every family will taste the delicacies from the bridge and the ship also with a 20% discount.

We cordially invite you!